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  • 12:00 AM
  • To Save and Protect
    On today’s show, Atul Gawande explains how using a simple checklist can prevent errors and save lives. Then Richard Ellis talks about how polar bears are being affected by the melting Arctic ice caps. And novelist Jonathan Dee describes his book about privileged New Yorkers. Plus, Griffin Dunne discusses his ...
  • 02:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 05:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 06:00 AM
  • The World Responds to New Security Measures

    As of today, air travelers from 14 countries specified by the Obama administration will be subjected to extra security procedures if they wish to fly into the U.S. This measure is a direct response to the alleged Christmas Day almost-bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who failed in his attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

  • 07:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 09:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 10:00 AM
  • Making a List
    The TSA has adopted a policy that will closely screen airline passengers from 14 countries. How do New Yorkers from those countries feel about the new measures? And Princeton professor Julian Zelizer offers some perspective - his new book looks at the history of US national security. Plus: NYT columnist ...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Guiding Principles
    Michael Pollan shares some of his rules for eating wisely in the New Year. Then, Tracy Chevalier and Shelley Emling look at the life and times of Mary Anning, a world-renowned 19th-century paleontologist. Plus the director and one of the stars of a charmingly innovative production of Noel Coward’s play ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Smackdown: Music in Commercials
    Pop artists who license their songs to advertisers have always been accused of selling out. But in today's troubled music industry, it may be one of very few ways to make a living. On today's Soundcheck Smackdown, we'll debate the use of music in commercials. And later: Argentinian composer and ...
  • 03:00 PM
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  • 04:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 06:30 PM
  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

  • 07:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 08:00 PM
  • A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Smackdown: Music in Commercials
    Pop artists who license their songs to advertisers have always been accused of selling out. But in today's troubled music industry, it may be one of very few ways to make a living. On today's Soundcheck Smackdown, we'll debate the use of music in commercials. And later: Argentinian composer and ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #3021: Orchestra of the 21st Century
    For this New Sounds, we'll focus on the orchestra of the 21st Century. Chances are this orchestra is a bit leaner and more versatile than a 100 member-plus symphony orchestra and most likely includes electric and/or electronic instruments. We'll hear many examples, including Alarm Will Sound, the Boston Modern Orchestra ...